US7117959B2 - Systems and methods for remotely determining and changing cutting modes during decoking - Google Patents

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US7117959B2
US7117959B2 US10/997,234 US99723404A US7117959B2 US 7117959 B2 US7117959 B2 US 7117959B2 US 99723404 A US99723404 A US 99723404A US 7117959 B2 US7117959 B2 US 7117959B2
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  • the present invention relates to a system for removing solid carbonaceous residue (hereinafter referred to as “coke”) from large cylindrical vessels called coke drums. This removal process is often referred to as “decoking.” More particularly, the present invention relates to a system that allows an operator to remotely activate the cutting of coke within a coke drum and at the same time, apprises the operator of the status of the cutting modes taking place within the coke drum during the coke-cutting process. Hence, the present invention provides a system for cutting coke within a coke drum with increased safety, efficiency and convenience.
  • Residual oil when processed in a delayed coker is heated in a furnace to a temperature sufficient to cause destructive distillation in which a substantial portion of the residual oil is converted, or “cracked” to usable hydrocarbon products and the remainder yields petroleum coke, a material composed mostly of carbon.
  • Many oil refineries recover valuable products from the heavy residual hydrocarbons, which remain following delayed coking.
  • the delayed coking process involves heating the heavy hydrocarbon feed from a fractionation unit, then pumping the heated heavy feed into a large steel vessel commonly known as a coke drum.
  • the unvaporized portion of the heated heavy feed settles out in the coke drum, where the combined effect of retention time and temperature causes the formation of coke.
  • Vapors from the top of the coke vessel are returned to the base of the fractionation unit for further processing into desired light hydrocarbon products.
  • the operating conditions of delayed coking can be quite severe. Normal operating pressures in coke drums typically range from twenty-five to fifty pounds per square inch.
  • the heavy feed input temperature may vary between 800° F. and 1000° F.
  • coke drums The structural size and shape of the coke drum varies considerably from one installation to another.
  • the typical coke drum is a large, upright, cylindrical, metal vessel commonly ninety to one-hundred feet in height, and twenty to thirty feet in diameter.
  • Coke drums have a top head and a funnel shaped bottom portion fitted with a bottom head. Coke drums are usually present in pairs so that they can be operated alternately. Coke settles out and accumulates in a vessel until it is filled, at which time the heated feed is switched to the alternate empty coke drum. While one coke drum is being filled with heated residual oil, the other vessel is being cooled and purged of coke.
  • Coke removal also known as decoking
  • a quench step in which steam and then water are introduced into the coke filled vessel to complete the recovery of volatile, light hydrocarbons and to cool the mass of coke.
  • quench water is drained from the drum through piping to allow for safe unheading of the drum.
  • the drum is then vented to atmospheric pressure when the bottom opening is unheaded, to permit removing coke. Once the unheading is complete, the coke in the drum is cut out of the drum by high pressure water jets.
  • Decoking is accomplished at most plants using a hydraulic system comprised of a drill stem and drill bit that direct high pressure water jets (2600–3600 p.s.i.) into the coke bed.
  • a rotating combination drill bit referred to as the cutting tool, is typically about eighteen inches in diameter with several nozzles, and is mounted on the lower end of a long hollow drill stem about six inches in diameter.
  • the drill bit is lowered into the vessel, on the drill stem, through a flanged opening at the top of the vessel.
  • a “bore hole” is drilled through the coke using the nozzles, which eject high pressure water at an angle approximately sixty degrees down from horizontal. This creates a pilot bore hole, about three to six feet in diameter, for the coke to fall through.
  • the drill bit is then mechanically switched to at least two horizontal nozzles in preparation for cutting the “cut” hole, which extends to the full drum diameter.
  • the nozzles shoot jets of water horizontally outwards, rotating slowly with the drill rod, and those jets cut the coke into pieces, which fall out the open bottom of the vessel, into a chute that directs the coke to a receiving area.
  • the drill rod is then withdrawn out the flanged opening at the top of the vessel. Finally, the top and bottom of the vessel are closed by replacing the head units, flanges or other closure devices employed on the vessel unit. The vessel is then clean and ready for the next filling cycle with the heavy hydrocarbon feed.
  • the report adds that fugitive mists and vapors from the cutting and the quench water contain contaminants posing a health hazard.
  • the water hose occasionally bursts while under high pressure, resulting in a whipping action that may seriously injure nearby workers.
  • the wire rope supporting the drill stem and water hose could fail, allowing the drill stem, water hose, and wire rope to fall onto work areas.
  • gantry damage may occur, exposing workers to falling structural members and equipment. Id.
  • operators are exposed to significant safety hazards from exposure to high pressure water jets, steam, hot water and fires because operators must be present, in close proximity to the vessel being decoked, to manually change the cutting head from the boring to cutting mode. Accordingly, the industry has concentrated most of their technological improvements in the field of coking to minimize the safety hazards.
  • Steps taken to control hazards inherent in coke-cutting systems consist of providing protective wear to the operators, requiring personnel training, maintaining equipment so that it is fail-proof, and allowing remote operation of certain steps of the decoking process (e.g., “deheading”).
  • steps of the decoking process e.g., “deheading”.
  • the present invention relates to a system for removing solid carbonaceous residue, referred to as “coke,” from large cylindrical vessels called coke drums.
  • the present invention relates to a system that allows an operator to remotely activate the cutting of coke within a coke drum, and to remotely switch between the “boring” and the “cutting” modes, while cutting coke within a coke drum reliably, and without raising the drill bit out of the coke drum for mechanical alteration or inspection. Further, the present invention allows an operator to determine the status of the cutting modes taking place within the coke drum during the coke-cutting process. Hence, the present invention provides a system for cutting coke within a coke drum with increased safety, efficiency and convenience.
  • the system is comprised of a cutting liquid tank filled with water or other liquid.
  • a pipe is attached to this tank and water flows from it into a high-pressure pump.
  • the high-pressure pump the water is pressurized.
  • the pressurized water then flows into another pipe which divides into two pipes.
  • One of the two pipes created from this division is a boring water delivery pipe and the other is a cutting water delivery pipe.
  • the delivery pipe is separated into two pipes by a three-way ball valve.
  • the three-way ball valve prevents the pressurized water from flowing into both pipes simultaneously. Further, an operator may visualize with certainty which pipe the pressurized water is in, and consequently, the status of coke-cutting mode within the coke drum.
  • the two pipes extend parallel to each other for a distance. After such a distance, the two delivery pipes integrate to form an integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe.
  • This integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe appears as a “pipe within a pipe.” Specifically, the boring water delivery pipe becomes an inner pipe, while the cutting water delivery pipe concentrically encompasses the boring water delivery pipe on the outside becoming an outer pipe.
  • the two pipes do not fluidly communicate with each other.
  • the two pipes enable pressurized fluid to flow through either of the two pipes to the same overall device, the cutting head. Because the switch valve allows water to flow only through either the inner, boring water delivery pipe, or the outer delivery pipe, cutting water deliver pipe, water is delivered only to boring or cutting outlet nozzles of the cutting head respectively.
  • the two pipes run parallel until reaching a union at the top of the drilling stem.
  • the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe attaches to, or is an integral part of a union. From a lower part of the union, a rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem, with the same dimensions and diameters as the integrated boring and cutting delivery pipe, extends vertically downward.
  • This rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem features a motor that is also activated by the external switch. The motor enables the drill stem to rotate.
  • the similarity in dimensions enables the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe to fluidly communicate with the drill stem.
  • the union between the two pipes prevents the integrated boring and water delivery pipe from rotating yet allows the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem to rotate.
  • the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem has an inner pipe and an outer pipe.
  • a cutting head with nozzles that allow the pressurized water to be ejected therethrough to cut the coke away from the interior of the coke drums.
  • the cutting head has boring and cutting nozzles. The boring nozzles eject high pressure fluid in a downward angle to produce the bore hole, and the cutting nozzles eject high pressure fluid in a direction roughly perpendicular to the drill stem.
  • the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem is activated by a remote switching means.
  • One embodiment of the present invention is characterized by the feature that high pressure fluid cannot flow into the cutting nozzles and the boring nozzles of a cutting head at the same time.
  • pressurized fluids are ejected through a plurality of nozzles in the cutting head at a pressure sufficient to cut and dislodge coke from the vessel.
  • pressurized fluids are allowed to flow into the boring water delivery pipe through the union into the inner pipe of the integrated boring and cutting drill stem, into the cutting head and out one or more nozzles dedicated to cutting the bore hole in the coke.
  • pressurized water enters the drill stem through the inner pipe ejecting fluid through a plurality of nozzles attached to the cutting head at a pressure sufficient to bore coke from the vessel.
  • a bore hole is drilled through the coke using the nozzle or plurality of nozzles, which eject high pressure liquids in a downward direction from the cutting head.
  • the flow of high pressure fluid is remotely switched to a plurality of nozzles attached to the cutting head at a pressure sufficient to cut and dislodge the remainder of coke from the vessel.
  • This switching is accomplished by actuating a switch valve, which is in a position remote from the coke barrel.
  • the operator remotely switches the flow of fluid from the boring nozzles to the cutting nozzles by turning the handle of a three-way ball valve, which is in a location remote from the vessel being decoked.
  • the switch valve is activated allowing pressurized fluid to flow into the cutting water delivery pipe, but not into the boring water delivery pipe.
  • the pressurized fluid flows through the cutting water delivery pipe then enters the outer pipe of the integrated boring and cutting drill stem and is ejected from the cutting nozzles of the cutting head to begin cutting the coke away from the interior of the coke drum. Subsequently, the remainder of coke in the drum is cut and dislodged from the vessel.
  • the entire boring and cutting processes are activated by the external switch, which activates the switch valve located where the pipe divides into the boring water delivery pipe and the cutting water delivery pipe.
  • the process is controlled by the external switch mechanism. Therefore, the operator is able to determine which mode, either boring or cutting, the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem is in without having to remove the cutting head from the coke drum during the entire coke-cutting process.
  • the switch valve is controlled by a central processing unit, or other means, rather than a live operator.
  • the switch valve could be controlled from a control room wherein an operator remotely controls the entire decoking process utilizing mechanical and electrical apparatus to remotely dictate the flow during the decoking process.
  • the present invention comprises several objectives which achieve previously unknown models of efficiency and safety in the art. Accordingly, it is an object of some embodiments of the present invention to provide a system for cutting coke that is controlled from a remote location through an external switching mechanism.
  • the present invention provides a system for coke-cutting wherein the drill stem does not need to be removed to change from boring to cutting mode, but rather, modes can be changed remotely from boring to cutting or from cutting to boring.
  • the present invention provides a system for coke-cutting, wherein the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem does not clog because switching from boring to cutting is controlled by a remote switch, precluding both modes from operating simultaneously.
  • the present invention provides a system for coke-cutting, wherein a physical symbol is connected to said switch valve so that the operational status, i.e., boring and cutting modes, is manifested externally to an operator.
  • the present invention provides a system for coke-cutting can be used with current coke-cutting techniques.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a 3-way ball joint, which is an embodiment of a switch valve.
  • FIG. 2 depicts an embodiment of a switch valve which is a 3-way valve joint.
  • FIG. 3 depicts an embodiment of a switch valve which is a 3-way valve joint.
  • FIG. 4 depicts an embodiment of a switch valve which is a 3-way valve joint.
  • FIG. 5 depicts the 3-way ball valve viewed from the top surface.
  • FIG. 6 depicts the union of the high pressure pipes containing fluids used for boring with the high pressure pipe containing fluids used for cutting.
  • FIG. 7 depicts the union of the high pressure pipe containing fluids used for boring with the high pressure pipe containing fluids used for cutting.
  • FIG. 8 depicts the cutting head
  • FIG. 9 depicts generally, the refinery process, wherein coke is manufactured from the refinery by-products in a series of coke drums.
  • FIG. 10 depicts the coke cutting system and device of the presently described invention.
  • the present invention relates to a system for removing “coke,” solid carbonaceous residue, from large cylindrical vessels called coke drums. This removal process is often referred to as “decoking.” More particularly, the present invention relates to a system that allows an operator to remotely activate the cutting of coke within a coke drum and at the same time, apprises the operator of the status of the cutting modes taking place within the coke drum during the coke-cutting process.
  • coke drums In the typical delayed coking process, high boiling petroleum residues are fed into one or more coke drums where they are thermally cracked into light products and a solid residue-petroleum coke.
  • the coke drums containing the coke are typically large cylindrical vessels.
  • the decoking process is a final process in the petroleum refining process and, once a process known as “de-heading” has taken place, the coke is removed from these drums by coke-cutting means.
  • fresh feed and recycled feed are combined and fed through a line from the bottom of the fractionator.
  • the combined feed is pumped through a coke heater and heated to a temperature between about 800° F. to 1000° F.
  • the combined feed is partially vaporized and alternatively charged into a pair of coker vessels. Hot vapor expelled from the top of the coker vessel are recycled to the bottom of the fractionator by a line.
  • the unvaporized portion of the coker heater effluent settles out (cokes) in an active coker vessel, where the combined effect of temperature and retention time result in coke formation.
  • Coke formation in a coker vessel is continued typically between twelve and thirty hours, until the active vessel is full.
  • Coke is then removed from the full vessel by first quenching the hot coke with steam and water, then opening a closure unit sealed to the vessel top, hydraulically drilling the coke from the top portion of the vessel, directing the drilled coke from the vessel through an open coker bottom unit through an attached coke chute to a coke receiving area. Opening the closure unit is safely accomplished by a remotely located control unit.
  • Decoking is accomplished at most plants using a hydraulic system consisting of a drill stem and drill bit that direct high pressure water jets into the coke bed.
  • a rotating combination drill bit referred to as the cutting tool, is typically about eighteen inches in diameter with several nozzles, and is mounted on the lower end of a long hollow drill stem about six inches in diameter.
  • the drill bit is lowered into the vessel, on the drill stem, through a flanged opening at the top of the vessel.
  • a “bore hole” is drilled through the coke using the nozzles, which eject high pressure water (2600–3600 p.s.i.) at an angle approximately sixty degrees down from horizontal. This creates a pilot bore hole, about three to six feet in diameter, for the coke to fall through.
  • the drill bit is then mechanically switched to at least two horizontal nozzles in preparation for cutting the “cut” hole, which extends to the full drum diameter.
  • the nozzles shoot jets of water horizontally outwards, rotating slowly with the drill rod, and those jets cut the coke into pieces, which fall out the open bottom of the vessel, into a chute that directs the coke to a receiving area.
  • the drill rod is then withdrawn out the flanged opening at the top of the vessel. Finally, the top and bottom of the vessel are closed by replacing the head units, flanges or other closure devices employed on the vessel unit. The vessel is then clean and ready for the next filling cycle with the heavy hydrocarbon feed.
  • the present invention describes a method and system for coke-cutting in a coke drum following the manufacturing of coke therein.
  • the present invention is especially adapted to be used in the coking process, the following discussion will related specifically in this manufacturing area. It is foreseeable, however, that the present invention may be adapted to be an integral part of other manufacturing processes producing various elements other than coke, and such processes should thus be considered within the scope of this application.
  • the present invention comprises several objectives, which achieve previously unknown models of efficiency and safety in the art. Accordingly, it is an object of some embodiments of the present invention to provide a system for cutting coke that is controlled from a remote location through an external switching mechanism.
  • the present invention provides a system for coke-cutting wherein the drill stem 52 does not need to be removed to change from boring to cutting mode, but rather, modes can be changed remotely.
  • the present invention provides a system for coke-cutting wherein the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 does not clog because switching is controlled by a remote switch 42 , precluding both modes from operating simultaneously.
  • the present invention provides a system for coke-cutting wherein a physical symbol 46 is connected to said switch valve so that the operational status, i.e., boring and cutting modes, is manifested externally to an operator.
  • the present invention provides a system for coke-cutting can be used with current coke-cutting techniques.
  • FIG. 9 depicts a petroleum manufacturing and refinery process 10 having several elements and systems present (identified, but not discussed).
  • petroleum manufacturing and refinery process 10 includes first and second delayed coke drums 12 and 14 , respectively.
  • first and second delayed coke drums 12 and 14 There are typically two coke drums in simultaneous operation so as to permit the ongoing manufacture and refinery of petroleum as well as its coke byproduct. While first coke drum 12 is online and being filled via a feed inlet 16 , second coke drum 14 is going through a decoking process to purge the manufactured coke contained therein.
  • FIG. 10 depicts a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the system comprises a cutting liquid tank 18 filled with water, or other liquid.
  • a first pipe 20 is attached to this tank 18 and water flows from it into a high-pressure pump 22 .
  • the first pipe has a first end 20 a that is attached to the cutting liquid tank 18 and a second end 20 b that is attached to the high-pressure pump 22 .
  • the water is pressurized.
  • the pressurized water then flows into a second pipe 24 with a first end 24 a and a second end 24 b .
  • Said second pipe 24 at said second end 24 b , divides into two pipes.
  • One of the two pipes created from this division is a boring water delivery pipe 28 and the other is a cutting water delivery pipe 30 .
  • the two pipes created from the division of the high pressure water pipe 24 into a boring water delivery pipe 28 and a cutting water delivery pipe 30 is accomplished by utilizing a three-way ball valve 60 .
  • the three-way ball valve 60 is operated mechanically by an operator at a location remote from the decoking process.
  • the three-way ball valve is actuated by an actuation switch 61 .
  • the three-way ball valve 62 of the present invention is comprised of three exterior flanges.
  • a first flange 68 attaches to the second water pipe 24 .
  • High pressure water that leaves the high pressure pump 22 moves through the second water pipe and enters the three-way ball valve 60 through a connection between the second water pipe 24 and the first flange 68 .
  • the three-way ball valve is further comprised of two outlets, a first outlet 69 a and a second outlet 69 b .
  • the first outlet 69 a connects the flow of high pressure fluids to the boring nozzles 57 of the cutting head 54 to begin decoking a coke barrel 12 .
  • the second flange 69 b connects to a water delivery pipe for the cutting nozzle 58 , of the cutting head 54 for decoking barrels 12 .
  • the three-way ball valve 60 allows high pressure fluids to flow into the system through the inlet flange 68 and to be segregated into the outlet flange 69 a connected to the boring water delivery pipe 28 , or into the outlet flange 69 b connected to the cutting water delivery pipe 30 , or for the high pressure fluid to be turned off to both pipes.
  • the boring water delivery pipe 28 has a first end 28 a and a second end 28 b .
  • the first end of the boring water pipe 28 connects to the first outlet flange 69 a of the three-way ball valve 60 .
  • the second end of the boring water delivery pipe 28 connects to the union 40 .
  • the present invention is further comprised of a cutting water delivery pipe 30 , which has a first end 30 a and a second end 30 b .
  • the first end 30 a is connected to the second outlet 69 b of the three-way ball valve 60 .
  • the second end of the cutting water pipe 30 b is connected to the union 40 .
  • the two pipes 28 , 30 that extend from the three-way ball valve 60 are the boring water delivery pipe 28 and the cutting water delivery pipe 30 . They extend parallel to each other for a distance. After such a distance, at a union 40 , the two delivery pipes 28 , 30 integrate to form an integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 .
  • This integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 appear as a “pipe within a pipe.” Specifically, the boring water delivery pipe 28 becomes an inner pipe 34 , while the cutting water delivery pipe 30 concentrically encompasses the boring water delivery pipe 28 on the outside becoming an outer pipe 36 .
  • the two pipes ( 34 , 36 ) do not fluidly communicate with each other, but rather, enable the pressurized water to flow into either of the two pipes ( 34 , 36 ), yet flow in the same overall device, which is the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 .
  • the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 attaches to a boring and cutting device 52 .
  • a switch valve 42 exists that is comprised of an external switch 44 .
  • the switch valve 42 prevents the pressurized water from flowing into both pipes ( 28 , 30 ) simultaneously.
  • the switch valve 42 through activation of the external switch 44 , enables fluid to flow into either the boring water delivery pipe 28 or the cutting water delivery pipe 30 , but not into both at the same time.
  • a symbol 46 appears that manifests externally to the operator which pipe 28 or 30 the pressurized water is in.
  • the present invention is comprised of systems and methods which allow an operator to remotely change a flow of high pressured fluids between the boring and cutting modes during the decoking process.
  • the second end of the boring water delivery pipe 28 b and the second end of the cutting water delivery pipe 30 b intersect and integrate at a union 40 .
  • the refinery operator first switches the switch valve 42 by the external switch 44 so that the pressurized water flows into the boring water delivery pipe 28 .
  • the symbol 46 is then activated indicating water is in the boring water delivery pipe 28 and the system is in the boring mode.
  • the switch valve 42 When the operator has completed boring, he or she then switches the switch valve 42 , resetting it so that the pressurized water flows into the cutting water delivery pipe 30 .
  • the symbol 46 reflects this change.
  • a rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 From a lower part 50 of the union 40 , a rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 , having a first end 52 a and a second end 52 b , and with similar dimensions and diameters as the integrated boring and cutting delivery pipe 32 , extends vertically downward.
  • a motor is located within said rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 . The motor is activated by the external switch described above.
  • the similarity in dimensions enables the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 to fluidly communicate with the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 .
  • the union 40 between the two pipes ( 32 , 52 ) prevents the integrated boring and water delivery pipe 32 from rotating yet allows the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 to rotate.
  • the union 40 merely serves to connect the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 with the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 .
  • the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 connects to the union's 40 lower end 50 and, similarly to the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 .
  • the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 has an inner pipe 34 a and an outer pipe 36 a .
  • a cutting head 54 with orifices 57 , 58 that allow the pressurized water to be ejected therethrough, and to cut the coke away from the interior of the coke drums 12 .
  • the water ejects from the cutting head 54 either through a nozzle or a plurality of nozzles 57 attached to the cutting head 54 to accomplish the bore hole.
  • a rotating combination drill bit referred to as the cutting tool is about eighteen inches in diameter with several nozzles, and is mounted on the lower end of the long hollow drill stem, which is about six inches in diameter.
  • the cutting head 54 is comprised of a plurality of nozzles 57 , 58 .
  • the plurality of nozzles 57 , 58 are separated into two categories.
  • One set of nozzles 57 allow high pressure fluids to eject from the cutting head 54 to drill a bore hole initially through the coke in the coke barrel.
  • the second set of nozzles 58 eject high pressure fluid from the cutting head 54 perpendicular to a rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 .
  • the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 may also be activated by the switch valve 42 . While the switch valve 42 is allowing the pressurized water to flow into the boring water delivery pipe 28 , the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 begins to descend into a coke drum 12 . As the drill stem 52 descends, pressurized water enters the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 . The pressurized water flows through the inner pipe 34 a into the cutting head 54 is ejected from the boring nozzle(s) 57 and bores through the coke.
  • the switch valve 42 is then actuated, allowing the pressurized water to flow into the cutting water delivery pipe 28 .
  • the pressurized water enters the outer pipe 36 a of the rotatable boring and cutting drill stem 52 , flows through the cutting head 54 and is ejected from the cutting nozzle 58 to continue cutting coke away from the interior of the coke drum 12 .
  • the switch valve 42 is actuated, and the pressurized water f lows into the cutting water delivery pipe 30 , into the outer pipe 36 of the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 , through the union 40 , into the outer pipe 36 a of the rotatable integrated boring and water delivery pipe 52 through a cutting head 54 at the bottom of the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 where the pressurized water ejects from cutting nozzles 58 perpendicularly to the drill stem 52 and cuts the coke.
  • the system 62 as a whole can be applied to, or modified to fit, current coke-cutting systems. Specifically, the system 62 as described can be applied to currently operating coke-cutting overhead gantries and used in typical coke-cutting systems.
  • the entire process is activated by the switch valve 42 located where the second pipe 24 divides into the boring side water delivery pipe 28 and the cutting water side delivery pipe 30 .
  • the process is controlled by the external switch mechanism 44 and, therefore, the operator is able to determine through the entire coke-cutting process which mode, either boring or cutting, the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 is in.
  • FIG. 8 depicts an enlarged view of the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 as it enters the coke drum 56 .
  • the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 may either bore down then cut up, or, bore down, and then be pulled up to cut down again, the latter of which is represented by this figure.
  • the present invention relates to a system for removing coke, solid carbonaceous residue, from large cylindrical vessels called coke drums 12 .
  • the present invention relates to a system that allows an operator to remotely activate the cutting of coke within a coke drum 12 , and to remotely switch between the “boring” and the “cutting” modes while cutting coke within a coke drum 12 reliably, without raising the cutting head 54 out of the coke drum 12 for mechanical alteration or inspection. Further, the present invention allows an operator to apprise the status of the cutting modes taking place within the coke drum 12 during the coke-cutting process. Hence, the present invention provides a system for cutting coke within a coke drum 12 with increased safety, efficiency and convenience.
  • One embodiment of the present invention features the use of a three-wall ball valve 60 , a union 40 , and a specialized cutting head 54 .
  • the system is comprised of a cutting liquid tank filled with water or other liquid.
  • a pipe 20 is attached to this tank 18 and water flows from it into a high-pressure pump 22 .
  • the high-pressure pump the water is pressurized.
  • the pressurized water then flows into another pipe 24 that, at a second end 24 b , divides into two pipes 28 , 30 .
  • One of the two pipes 28 , 30 created from this division is a boring water delivery pipe 28 and the other is a cutting water delivery pipe 28 .
  • the delivery pipe is separated into two pipes by a three-way ball valve 60 .
  • the three-way ball valve 60 prevents the pressurized water from flowing into both pipes, the boring water delivery pipe 28 and the cutting water delivery pipe 30 , simultaneously. Further, an operator may visualize with certainty which pipe the boring water delivery pipe 28 or the cutting water delivery pipe 30 , the pressurized water is in, and consequently, the status of coke-cutting mode within the coke drum 12 .
  • the two pipes 28 , 30 extend parallel to each other for a distance. After such a distance, the two delivery pipes integrate to form an integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 .
  • This integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 appears as a “pipe within a pipe.” Specifically, the boring water delivery pipe 28 becomes an inner pipe 34 , while the cutting water delivery pipe 30 concentrically encompasses the boring water delivery pipe on the outside becoming an outer pipe 36 .
  • the two pipes do not fluidly communicate with each other, but rather, enable pressurized fluid to flow through either of the two pipes, yet flow in the same overall device, the cutting head 54 . Because the switch valve allows water to flow only through either the inner, boring water delivery pipe 34 , or the outer delivery pipe 42 , cutting water deliver pipe 36 , water is delivered only to boring 57 or cutting 59 outlet nozzles of the cutting head respectively.
  • the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 attaches to, or is an integral part of a union 40 .
  • a rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 From a lower part of the union 40 , a rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 , with similar dimensions and diameters as the integrated boring and cutting delivery pipe 32 , extends vertically downward.
  • This rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 features a motor that is also activated by the external switch. The motor enables the drill stem to rotate.
  • the similarity in dimensions enables the integrated boring and cutting water delivery pipe 32 to fluidly communicate with the drill stem 52 .
  • the union 40 between the two pipes prevents the integrated boring and water delivery pipe 32 from rotating yet allows the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 to rotate.
  • the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 has an inner pipe and an outer pipe. At a lower end of the drill stem 52 b , there is a cutting head 54 .
  • the cutting head is comprised of nozzles ( 57 , 58 ), which allow the pressurized water to be ejected therethrough to cut the coke away from the interior of the coke drums.
  • the boring nozzles 58 eject high pressure fluid in a downward angle to produce the bore hole, and the cutting nozzles 58 eject high pressure fluid in a direction roughly perpendicular to the drill stem.
  • the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 is activated by an remote switching means.
  • pressurized fluids are ejected through a plurality of nozzles ( 57 or 58 ) of the cutting head 54 at a pressure sufficient to cut and dislodge coke from the vessel 12 .
  • pressurized fluids are allowed to flow into the boring water delivery pipe 28 when an operator actuates the switch valve 42 .
  • pressurized liquid enters the drill stem 52 through the inner pipe 34 ejecting fluid through a plurality of nozzles 57 attached to the cutting head at a pressure sufficient to bore coke from the vessel.
  • a bore hole is drilled through the coke using the nozzle 57 or plurality of nozzles 57 , which eject high pressure liquids in a downward direction from the cutting head 54 .
  • the flow of high pressure fluid is remotely switched to a plurality of nozzles 58 attached to the cutting head 54 at a pressure sufficient to cut and dislodge the remainder of coke from the vessel 12 .
  • This switching is accomplished by actuating a switch valve 42 , 60 , which is in a position remote from the coke barrel 12 .
  • the operator remotely switches the flow of fluid from the boring nozzles 57 to the cutting nozzles 58 by turning the handle, actuating a lever 61 , of a three-way ball valve 60 , which is in a location remote from the vessel 12 being decoked.
  • the switch valve 42 is activated allowing pressurized fluid to flow into the cutting water delivery pipe 30 .
  • the pressurized fluid then enters the outer pipe 36 of the drill stem 52 and is ejected from the cutting nozzles 58 of the cutting head 54 to continue cutting the coke away from the interior of the coke drum 12 . Subsequently, the remainder of coke in the drum 12 is cut and dislodged from the vessel 12 .
  • the entire boring and cutting processes are activated by the external switch 61 , which activates the switch valve 42 located where the pipe 24 divides into the boring water delivery pipe 28 and the cutting water delivery pipe 30 .
  • the process is controlled by the external switch mechanism 61 and, therefore, the operator is able to determine through the entire coke-cutting process which mode, either boring or cutting the rotatable integrated boring and cutting drill stem 52 is in without having to remove the cutting head 54 from the coke drum 12 .
  • the switch valve 42 is controlled by a central processing unit, or other means, rather than a live operator.
  • the switch valve 42 could be controlled from a control room wherein an operator remotely controls the entire decoking process utilizing mechanical and electrical apparatus to remotely dictate the decoking process.

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